Staffan Östlin is stepping down as portfolio manager of Adrigo Small & Midcap L/S, the Nordic small-cap stock-picking hedge fund he has managed since...
Infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as one of the more defensive corners of private markets, characterized by essential services, stable cash flows, and hard-asset...
While parts of the private equity industry have faced a challenging dealmaking environment in recent years, Nordic mid-market buyout manager Summa Equity has navigated...
Private credit managers with exposure to software companies recently faced investor withdrawals as concerns mounted over how artificial intelligence could disrupt parts of the...
After years of explosive growth and strong returns, private credit is facing its first meaningful stress test, particularly within direct lending, which has become...
By Alexandra Voss, CFA at SEB: Private markets are no longer in retreat, but the rebound is selective and unevenly distributed. Returns were positive...
Private markets have expanded far beyond traditional private equity, private credit, and infrastructure investing. Among the more specialized corners of the alternatives universe sits...
As businesses stay private for longer, an increasing share of value creation now happens away from public exchanges, forcing investors to rethink where they...
By Bjarne Graven Larsen: For decades during the great moderation, the 60/40 portfolio was the institutional investor's Swiss army knife. Equities grew wealth; bonds...
Chinese futures in general add substantial diversification benefits to global futures - and the Chinese commodity futures that dominate certain Aspect Capital strategies also...
By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB: For many investors, manager selection ultimately comes down to intuition, whether...
By Fredrik Langenskiöld – Union Bancaire Privée: Multi-strategy funds are those that allocate to more than one alternative strategy or portfolio manager (PM) in...
By Thomas Babbedge at GreshamQuant: I first went to the Exeter Racecourse when I was thirteen years old with the girl next-door. I don't remember where...
By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: After a decade of studying CTAs, we have drawn three conclusions about the nature of their alpha generation. At the...
By Andrew Beer, Co-Founder of DBi: Managers of CTA hedge funds and mutual funds often argue that complexity leads to higher alpha generation. After all, why...
March was defined by a sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions, particularly involving the U.S., Israel, and Iran, creating a highly challenging environment for most investment...
A sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions set the tone for March, as the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran triggered significant cross-asset volatility. In...
By Corey Hoffstein, Co-Founder, CEO and CIO at Newfound Research: The case for managed futures as a portfolio diversifier is well established. During the...
Not many investors in the Nordics explicitly allocate to trend-following strategies, yet those who do often regard them as an essential building block in...
By Alexander Mende and Per Ivarsson at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management: Traditionally, Managed Futures (MF) strategies have been limited to hedge funds known...
By Linus Nilsson of NilssonHedge: In the beginning, CTAs were a cottage industry, focusing on HNW, seeking outsized returns, and deploying notionally funded managed...
Since launching Protean Select as an opportunistic long/short equity hedge fund in 2022, Pontus Dackmo and his team have emphasized a clear priority: returns...
Atlas Global Macro, last year’s top-performing Nordic hedge fund, is becoming more accessible to Danish investors through a newly launched feeder fund on the...
